Pope Francis spends “a peaceful night” at Rome‘s Gemelli Hospital and has breakfast while sitting in an armchair on Thursday morning, the Vatican tells journalists on Feb. 20.

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has visited Pope Francis in the hospital and says he’s “alert and responsive” and full of good humor despite his pneumonia.

The pontiff's condition is touch-and-go, given his age, fragility and pre-existing lung disease, according to doctors.

I am very happy to have found him alert and responsive. We joked as always. He hasn’t lost his proverbial sense of humor,” the Italian PM said.

Sergio Alfieri, one of the doctors for Pope Francis, said he is a “fragile” patient given his advanced age and chronic health issues.

Pope Francis remains in critical condition and he continues to receive supplemental oxygen, but he has not experienced any further respiratory crises.

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Pope Francis was in jovial mood when Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni popped in to visit him in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital where he is fighting off pneumonia in both lungs, the Corriere della Sera newspaper reported on Thursday.

Pope Francis was in critical condition at Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Saturday, February 22, after experiencing a prolonged asthmatic respiratory crisis, RadarOnline.com can reveal. The Vatican confirmed the pope's medical condition necessitates high levels of oxygen. Pope Frencis experienced a prolonged asthmatic respiratory crisis.